Roman Antoszewski (20 January 1935 – 27 November 2017) was a professor in plant physiology, born in Lidzbark Welski, Poland.
Professional Qualifications
1957 - M.Sc. in Plant Physiology, University of Łódź, Poland Analytica Chimica Acta 1963 - Ph.D. in Plant Physiology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland 1963/4 - Postdoctoral practice at Yale University, New Haven, Con., USA (research under Prof.Arthur Galston ) 1968 - D.Sc. (Habilitation) in Natural Sciences (Jagiellonian University), Cracow, Poland 1974 - Professor in Natural Sciences (Belweder, presidential nomination)
Posts Held
1982-1984 Visiting Professor at the Institute of Radioagronomy, Nuclear Research Centre, Jülich, Germany; 1984-1988 Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Dept of Plant Science and Biochemistry, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago; 1989-1990 Senior Research Fellow, Dept of Botany, National University of Singapore, Singapore; 1991-1992 Hon. Assoc. Res. Fellow, Waikato University New Zealand; 1993-2012 Director of Roman Research and Translation Co.Inc., Auckland, New Zealand 2000 - Retired
Scientific Associations
Since 1970 Member of the European Society of Nuclear Energy Application in Agriculture (ESNA), organizer of XI Working Group - Use of Isotopes in Plant Physiology; 1976-1984 Member of the Committee of the Federation of the European Societies of Plant Physiology (FESPP); 1979-1982 Chairman of Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Section of the Polish Botanical Society; 1980-1982 President of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology (FESPP); Committee Member of the International Council on Plant Nutrition until 1988; Member of the Organizing Committee of the Caribbean Academy of Science (1986-1988); Member of the Commission of Nuclear Energy Application in Agriculture of the V Dept. of Polish Academy of Sciences; Two awards for research achievements of the biochemistry team at the Research Institute of Pomology, Skierniewice Poland
Member of ... International Society for Horticultural Science(co-organizer of the XIX Intern. Horticultural Congress, Warsaw, 1974 - Editor-in-chief of Congress Proceedings, 5 vols); Polish Botanical Society (until 1982); Trinidad and Tobago Scientific Association – TTSA - (until 1988); American Society of Plant Physiologists (until 1989); Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology; New Zealand Society of Plant Physiologists - (until 2004); New Zealand Society of Authors PEN New Zealand Inc.; The Auckland Polish Association; Co-founder of Polonia Cultural Foundation of New Zealand (2015)
Orders and decorations
The Silver Cross of Merit (Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi); Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Polonia Restituta).
Published books & article
Translated into Polish Red runs the Vistula ASIN: B0007BQDNU (1985) English historical book of Ron Jeffery - Nevron Associates Publ., Manurewa, Auckland; Novel "Kariera na trzy karpie morskie", Warszawa 2000; Przyroda inaczej... czyli Ciekawostki; Dziwy i dziwadła obyczajowe ... czyli Ciekawostki; Historia inaczej ... czyli Ciekawostki - Kraków 2000; Zbiór wiadomości niezwykłych, szokujących, mądrych, choć nie zawsze - Auckland 1995; Dziwy i dziwadła - Cinderella Books Warszawa 2001; Few handbook for classes, University of the West Indies, 1985, 1986 Article in: Analytica Chimica Acta - "A simple and rapid determination of small amounts of adenine The Analyst Volume: 85, Issue 1012, 1960 / 37, Issue 1, 1960 / 22, Issue C, 1960 Article in: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Volume 43, Issue 1, 2 April 1971 "Peroxidase biosynthesis in pea roots as influenced by IAA treatment" BBRC article Cited - Brazhnikov, V.V. "Gas chromatography for space research" Chromatographia 1970 Article in: Journal of Chromatography - "Homogenization and extraction of biological material for chromatographic purposes" 1959 Atticle in: Die Naturwissenschaften - "Mikroextraktor für biochemische und chromatographische Zwecke" 1958